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niggerish en · ADJ

Etymology

From nigger + -ish. Piecewise doublet of niggeresque.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, vulgar) Like or characteristic of a nigger.
    • In a voice dripping with sarcasm, Bernhard related, "Mariah's been getting a little niggerish on us... she been seeing those rap stars..." 2002, Loretta I Winters, Herman L DeBose, New faces in a changing America:
    • She told him in her native Virginia mountain-area dialect: "That's what ah said. Ah don't like these niggerish places." 1958, “Talking About”, in Jet, volume 14, number 3, page 47:
    • [T]hey should specially avoid the fanatics who […] have temporarily changed a federal republic into a sort of niggerish monarchy or empire […] 1886, Michael Magaul, Eli Robinson McCall, No-history Versus No-war or The Great Tootle Rebellion Exposed, page 261:
    • So when I say that my Auntie's piety was not of the niggerish kind... 1866, The Atlantic Monthly:

Forms

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more niggerish Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most niggerish Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

niggerishly · niggerishness

Synonyms

niggerlike · niggeresque · niggery

niggerish en · NOUN

Etymology

From nigger + -ish. Piecewise doublet of niggeresque.

Meanings

  1. (US, colloquial, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable, vulgar) African-American Vernacular English.
    • But the good news is he's gonna make us all learn Spanish and Niggerish and I figure when we are called to arms being able to tell the Beaners and the Nappy Power Rangers what we think so they can understand it is a good thing. 2008 November 21, Patriot Games, “FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE GEORGE W BUSH AND REPUBLICANS-FINANCIAL CRISIS IS NOT THE DEMS FAULT!”, in alt.politics (Usenet):
    • You all seem really fucked-up, talking niggerish and all--'taken care of' means ELIMINATION thru DEADLY MEANS! SEE its POLL @ goodbuddytoil on YAHOO. 2006 August 22, goodbu...@gmail.com, “POLLING”, in alt.music.white-power (Usenet):
    • One boy claims he speaks “niggerish." Whatever they are speaking I do not understand, which is good. 2015, Evelyn Uddin-Khan, The Other Side of Teaching: